Tomeka Reid

Name: Tomeka Reid
Start: 2026-07-17T16:30:00+03:00
End: 2026-07-17T16:30:00+03:00
Location: Kirjurinluoto Arena

took place · 17 Jul 2026

Kirjurinluoto Arena, Pori

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Jazz musician Tomeka Reid performs as part of the Pori Jazz 2026 festival programme.

About: Tomeka Reid

A 2022 MacArthur Fellow and founder of the Chicago Jazz String Summit, cellist Tomeka Reid pushes the cello to the center of avant-garde jazz - leading her acclaimed quartet with Mary Halvorson, Jason Roebke, and Tomas Fujiwara.

2022

MacArthur Fellowship awarded

2×

DownBeat critics poll wins (Miscellaneous Instrument category)

12+

Chicago Jazz String Summit editions founded and run

Quartet studio albums released

What's new

2026-02
The Tomeka Reid Quartet released their fourth album, 'dance! skip! hop!', on Out of Your Head Records in February 2026.
2026-01
A new trio album with Craig Taborn and Ches Smith was released on January 16, 2026.
2025-12
The Tomeka Reid Quartet toured Japan in December 2025, performing in Nagoya, Tokyo, Kobe, Okayama, Yame, and Fukuoka.

Tracks

dance! skip! hop!4th Tomeka Reid Quartet album, released February 2026 on Out of Your Head Records

3+33rd Quartet album (Cuneiform, 2024); praised by All About Jazz as among the best jazz of the year

Old New2nd Quartet album (Cuneiform, 2019); described as 'fresh and transformative'

Tomeka Reid QuartetDebut leader album (2015); Chicago Tribune named Reid Chicagoan of the Year in Jazz

ArtifactsCo-led trio with Nicole Mitchell and Mike Reed (2015); DownBeat called it 'one of the most important AACM records in a generation'

Recent shows

Apr 4, 2026 The Stone at the New School, New York (US)
Apr 3, 2026 The Stone at the New School, New York (US)
Apr 2, 2026 The Stone at the New School, New York (US)

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